Abraham Geiger

Rabbi, Author

1810 – 1874

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Who was Abraham Geiger?

Abraham Geiger was a German rabbi and scholar who led the founding of Reform Judaism. He sought to remove all nationalistic elements from Judaism, stressing it as an evolving and changing religion.

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Born
May 24, 1810
Frankfurt
Children
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Germans
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • University of Bonn
Employment
  • Editor in Chief, Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für jüdische Theologie
    (1835 - 1847)
Died
Oct 23, 1874
Berlin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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